The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-06-10
Commercial and Industrial.

j. w. Hutchins, Esq, has bought tract
OF land opposite the box factory, In Auburn,
and will erect building thereon, aud fur
nish 1t with power from the main shaft OF
his mill. Several new enterprises will be
located there.
The Rockland milkmen still continue to
use the old milk quart. One said the other
day that he would not use the new measure
unless compelled to, and when compelled
ned carry small quart In his team and use
the large one.
The organization of the Knox County
Lime Association, which included all the
manufacturers In the county, has expired by
limitation. The Courier Gazette says that as
no measures have been taken to organize for
another year It will probably die . natural
death. The association has been in opera
tion three years, organizing from year to
year, and in that time has greatly benefited
the lime business by controlling the amount
OF shipments. Knox county can furnish
great deal more lime than there Is a market
for, and the association by controlling the
amount shipped has been able to keep the
price OF lime up to living figure. 1t has
not been monopoly In any way, and has
not Kept Its product up to an exorbitant
price.
The new town of Randolph, in Kennebec
county, has voted to exempt from taxation
fer ten years any manufacturing concern
that viii employ fifty hands or more.
Mr. Harry P. Garland is to erect in Saco
loom picker and harness factory. The dimen-
sions of the building will be 12Ox36 feet,
with two stories and basement. 1t Is TO be sup
piled with automatic sprinklers and will be
thoroughly modern in all its appointments.
The loom picker department of the new con-
Germ was established In Saco as long ago as
1866. The loom harness business which will
form the other department of the industry,
was purchased Of z; L. Cowan q Co. by Mr..
Garland very recently. The new establish
ment will at first employ twenty-five men.
Business will boom on Hurricane Island
this summer as the Hurricane Granite Com
pany has got the contract for the new county
court house to be lerected at Pemberton
square, Boston. The contract is for the
northerly section, the plans for the remain
ing portion of the building not being ready.
They win be put in hand next spring and
the other. sections will probably be con-
structed Of Hurricane stone. The contract
received comprises about one-fourth of the
entire building. The building when COM
pleted will cover an area of 65,2i6 square
feet. Its height will be so feet, and 200 feet
to the top of the dome. The amount of
stone required for the building will be 19O,-
C-o cubic feet, and for the section under con-
tract 45,cso feet will be required. The con-
tract received will require years time for
completion and will furnish employment
through the summer to AGO men at least
Mr.. c. d. Brown, of Portland, was at
Skowhegan last week looking over water
privileges there with a view to establishing
a pulp mandatory. The Somerset Reporter
says that he was well satisfied with the out
look and the prospect is good that he will
take hold of it. II he does his son is to have
charge of it.
Parker & Peakes will soon erect on the
corner of Hancock and Oak streets in Ban
gor four-story shoe factory 113x40 feet in
dimensions. The building which will cost
between $1,000 and $1,000, will be such
that the capity in work over the old factory
will be increased by one-half. About co
hands will be employed.
The Thomaston Herald says that report
has been current in Thomaston for some
| time that Washburn Brothers would pur-
| chase the ship yard Of j. A. Creighton and
| erect lime kilns thereon. The land has been
surveyed and there Is SBpStbth that
| has as yet been done.